Honduras

The Bay Island of Utila in the Caribbean sea is just what we needed after hiking the volcanoes and ancient Mayan ruins of Guatemala. Utila is mainly a diving island with loads of jacked up dive schools and relaxed atmostphere.

On our first trip out diving we went to the North side which you can only visit when the weather is good. Not only were we lucky with the weather but we were lucky enough to snorkel with dolphins on the way to our first dive and then again after our first dive where they hung around and seemed as interested in us as we were in them. They must have hung around for about 20 mins which was brilliant. Turtles are no longer the favourite, dolphins are Sweaty Betty´s favourite animal to see now.

We enjoyed the diving and got to see some amazing stuff like flounder fish, spotted drummer fish, eagle ray and a school of 28 squid.

When we werent diving we spent the rest of the 5 days chilling on the beach and enjoying grilled lobster. We were lucky enough to be there over carnival weekend which is huge celebration for the locals and this one we were told was going to be extra special cause famous reggae singer Eric Donaldson was performing. Both him and the local rappers "The Utila Thrillers" were horrible! The rappers were at least amusing.

After relaxing on the island we headed back to Le Ceiba on the mainland where we went up river to a jungle lodge for a couple of days. Shand´s really impressed me during our day of river hiking, jumping off rocks into the river, white water swimming and to finish off white water rafting the canyon section of the Rio Cangrejal. Shand´s stepped up and did everything!! She was a little shaky at one stage though, but it didnt stop her. Though I am sure it was her fault that we flipped our raft but you can draw your own conclusions from the photos. Unfortunately due to the lack of rain we werent able to raft the upper section. I guess we will have to return to the wonderful Honduras one day.

Onto El Salvador tomorrow.